Blue Badge scheme

The Blue Badge scheme operates throughout the UK. The scheme provides a range of parking concessions for people with severe mobility problems, who have difficulty using public transport.

Go to Blue Badge scheme on Cumbria County Council website for contact details and to find out more.

Apply for and renew your Blue Badge on the Cumbria County Council website.

Request a paper copy of Cumbria County Council Blue Badge form.

In Eden, Blue Badge holders may park:

• Free of charge for up to 24 hours in a 'pay and display' car park in a designated disabled or standard parking bay. Some car parks may have a time restriction in a standard bay. This excludes Princes Street car park in Penrith, where 2 hours parking is maximum stay for all users. Blue Badge holders must also display a clock disc when parking in Princes Street.

• In certain areas on-street, see the information which came with your Blue Badge to find our where. When you park check the parking signs, as there are time limits on some on-street parking areas. In these parking areas you must display a clock disc.

• On single or double yellow lines for up to three hours. (Except where there is a ban on loading and unloading, or where emergency services need access).

Blue Badge holders are not permitted to park in on-street loading bays. Plates on the kerb side of the road show the restrictions in force.